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Fri, 4 Feb 2022 11:23:44 +02:00
COVID in Israel: New infections continue drop, but serious cases remain high
Israel's death toll exceeded 9,000 on Thursday, as signs of decreasing COVID infections continue to signal the ebb of the omicron wave

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 06:04:28 +02:00
Settlers score decisive win against Israeli government
The lifeline thrown to the Evyatar outpost as a parting gift from the attorney general reflects the failure of the left-wing members of Bennett's cabinet

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 06:03:40 +02:00
Israel seeks to shield Shin Bet high-tech spying
The Justice Ministry is drafting an amendment to give the agency legal basis for what it does anyway. 'This is an extreme privacy violation that has no parallel in other democratic countries,' said a rights group

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 06:02:32 +02:00
Israeli soldiers must hear this from their commander
Two failures – the death of an 80-year-old Palestinian and the death of two soldiers by friendly fire – should prompt Israel's army chief to take a public moral stance

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 06:01:42 +02:00
What Gulf states urgently need from Israel against Iran
Amid a flurry of diplomacy and missiles, top defense expert says Israel could send UAE and Bahrain a range of tools – from radars to Iron Dome systems – if a mechanism endures they won't fall into the wrong hands

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 06:00:40 +02:00
Israeli AG's ‘parting gift’ to government: a land mine
Evyatar settlement outpost will put to test almost all parties in Israel's government of change ■ A brave woman, who's now the new target for Bibi-ists, was appointed to the most challenging position

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 01:50:01 +02:00
Israeli government says fate of illegal outpost of Homesh in Gantz's hands
In response to a petition filed by Palestinian landowners, Israel said that while it is enforcing the ban on new construction at the site, the defense minister will have the final say on whether to demolish the yeshiva

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 01:28:05 +02:00
'I travel the world, work in cryptocurrency and try to be in Israel as little as possible'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A digital nomad who says crypto trading is basically gambling, and a carpenter heading to Australia to reunite with his partner after being kept apart by COVID

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 00:59:26 +02:00
Why Whoopi Goldberg, and all of us, should read 'Maus'
Whoopi Goldberg tied herself in knots trying to explain that Nazi Germany’s industrial extermination of Jews wasn’t 'about race.' But her suspension is unfair: Defining Jews really is a minefield, as 'Maus' so graphically illustrates

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 00:27:04 +02:00
The Knesset's committee for window dressing

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 00:22:57 +02:00
Here's what will happen when a serious earthquake shakes Israel

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 00:18:50 +02:00
Israel's attorney general proves that under occupation, violence always wins

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 23:41:13 +02:00
The secretive movement that's fundamentally transforming India
A rare look inside the conservative, Hindu-nationalist RSS organization

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 23:38:50 +02:00
Haaretz cartoon

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 22:25:31 +02:00
Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank confront winter COVID surge fueled by omicron
Over 70,000 active cases in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry reports, as West Bank hospitals reach 85% capacity

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 21:48:19 +02:00
Israel Police admit hacking into phone of key witness in Netanyahu trial, source says
Police say they used spyware to break into the phone of a key witness, after Netanyahu asked the court to divulge all intel gained through the hack

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 21:30:50 +02:00
Mentally-ill Palestinian detained for weeks without proper psych evaluation
Man, 30, was arrested on suspicion of running over a soldier. Despite three court orders, Israel has failed to provide a psychiatric opinion saying that he is mentally fit for detention or to stand trial

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 20:18:54 +02:00
Netanyahu’s lawyers demand data gained from phone hacking over criminal trial
Benjamin Netanyahu and a co-defendant in his criminal trial, Shaul Elovitch, demand Israel explains phone hack, after a report revealed police spied on an individual linked to corruption cases

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 19:32:57 +02:00
Louis C.K.'s gigs in Israel this month are already sold out
The comedian, accused of sexual harassment in 2017, will appear in three performances, with tickets priced at $105 sold out an hour after going on sale

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 19:31:29 +02:00
Their Palestinian-American father was left to die by Israeli soldiers. Now they seek justice
Omar Abdalmajeed As’ad was a loving father who valued family above everything, say his daughters Heba Assad and Hala Hamad. Now they want the Israeli soldiers responsible for his death to be held accountable

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 18:17:34 +02:00
One in three Israelis contracted COVID since pandemic started
About 1.65 million Israelis have contracted COVID since the onset of the omicron wave, accounting for over half of the total coronavirus cases

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:59:48 +02:00
Party's over? Tel Aviv's iconic clubs to shut down to make way for luxury apartments
Nightlife in south Tel Aviv is one of the casualties of the real-estate gold rush

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:59:39 +02:00
Were six million Jews in fact killed in the Holocaust? The number is actually quite round

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:45:29 +02:00
'Finding Ola': Netflix bets on this rule-breaking Tunisian actress to break into the Arab world
Actress and producer Hend Sabry is also a lawyer fighting for women’s rights besides portraying roles that confront feminist issues. With her new series on the streaming service, she responds to critics claiming that she is too bold

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:45:11 +02:00
Five Palestinian NGOs outlawed as terrorist groups file objections, claim failure of 'due process'
Palestinian groups claim Israeli army's decision to outlaw them was made based on classified intelligence information they were not provided with – and are unable to defend themselves against

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:19:41 +02:00
Israeli Arabs raise over $6 million for refugees in Syria as region freezes
Aid organizations in Israel's Arab community see outpouring of support, even from those of modest means

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 16:30:03 +02:00
‘We're outraged’: Liberal U.S. Jews feel betrayed by new Israeli government
The arrival of the ‘coalition of change’ was meant to signal a new dawn in Israel-Diaspora relations after the toxic years of Netanyahu. Yet nearly eight months in, many U.S. Jews are mad as hell with Naftali Bennett

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 16:24:21 +02:00
The unconventional Druze woman introducing U.S. Jews to ‘another Israel’
Gadeer Kamal Mreeh is not your average Jewish Agency envoy. For starters, she’s not even Jewish. But this former TV presenter and lawmaker has never believed in following the standard path in life

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 14:58:17 +02:00
Biden says U.S. killed ISIS leader in rare Syria operation
ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi set off a bomb that killed him and his family once he was surrounded, a senior U.S. official said; PM Bennett: 'The world is a safer place now'

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 14:21:00 +02:00
Turkey says its forces 'neutralized' 43 Kurdish militants in northern Syria
Turkey's Defense Ministry says that the YPG was responsible for a bombing that killed nine, and had previously opened fire on Turkish bases in the region

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 13:53:48 +02:00
Iran spread propaganda to right-wing Israelis to sow division, watchdog finds
The Iranian cell encouraged 'religious violence and Islamophobia, in an attempt to push for a religious war in Israel,' before it was shut down by Facebook and Twitter

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 13:21:56 +02:00
For Russia and Iran, the Ukraine crisis is already a success. For Israel, it’s bad news
The Ukraine crisis is a no-win situation for Israel, caught between America and Russia. But the impact of the crisis on Israel’s national security goes far further – taking in Iran, the Gulf and China

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 13:12:18 +02:00
Bulgarian Jewish leader hit with antisemitism after false embezzlement accusations
Media outlet apologizes after reports accusing Aleksander Oscar of embezzling money from Bulgaria’s national health insurance fund led to a wave of online antisemitism

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 12:37:58 +02:00
UAE says it foiled drone attack, obscure group claims responsibility
The drone attack was claimed by little-known 'True Promise Brigades,' citing UAE interference in Yemen and Iraq as justification, a militant monitoring group says

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 12:35:46 +02:00
Israel’s Defense Minister Gantz meets Bahrain's King, signs historic security deal
On the second day of the visit, the first ever by an Israeli defense minister, Gantz signed a memorandum of understanding with Bahrain's defense minister to formalize security ties between the countries

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 10:00:46 +02:00
Erdogan visits Ukraine hoping to play peacemaker with Russia
The Turkish president is set to call on both sides to exercise restraint, but vows to back Ukraine if Russia invades

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 09:53:30 +02:00
Unvaccinated vs. Boostered: What the COVID Death Toll from Israel Reveals
Some 680 Israelis died from COVID last month, with unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people over 60 making up a highly disproportionate number of cases, despite being only 12% of the overall age cohort

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 09:35:01 +02:00
Why Biden's point man on Sudan is visiting Israel
David Satterfield, Biden's special envoy to the Horn of Africa, previously visited Kenya, Egypt and the UAE, as the U.S. pushes the Sudanese military to step down after its October coup

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 07:24:31 +02:00
Haaretz cartoon

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 06:41:57 +02:00
Civilians killed in rare U.S. commando raid in Syria targeting militants
Residents and rebel sources say several helicopters landed near Atmeh in the province of Idlib, the last major enclave held by insurgents, and explosions were heard near the home of a foreign militant

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 06:23:04 +02:00
‘We’ll settle the score’: Shin Bet admits misusing tracking system to threaten Israeli Arabs, Palestinians
During last May's flare-up, Shin Bet security service sent warnings to Israeli Arabs and Palestinians and urged them not to participate in Jerusalem violence – even if they were nowhere near the city

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 06:13:33 +02:00
Lapid warns Bennett: Legalizing settlement can harm Israel-U.S. ties
Senior U.S. government officials have cautioned Israel of the implications of legalizing the Evyatar settlement

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 02:52:52 +02:00
Police lied about spying on Israelis, but was forced to admit the truth

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 02:48:20 +02:00
Israel Hayom can lead to addiction

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 02:44:56 +02:00
Tell me what’s untrue in Amnesty’s report on Israel

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 02:23:31 +02:00
Israel’s spyware diplomacy is an extension of its long bloody history of arms sales
Arms sales have always been a tool for promoting the foreign and security policies of Israeli governments and what they define as ‘national interests’

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 01:45:04 +02:00
‘I’m holding my breath but I’m ready’: Ukrainian refugees prepare for invasion
Elena, a single mother of a 9-year-old girl, says her daughter 'knows where she and I will meet up if there’s a bombing. Where the documents and the cash are'

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 22:59:10 +02:00
Bennett's magic formula to fight Iran draws criticism from defense officials
Defense officials say the manner in which Bennett presented his methods for fighting Iranian terrorism was 'irresponsible and misleading the public'

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 22:36:44 +02:00
High Court halts immigration of 3,000 Ethiopians with close relatives in Israel
The freeze of a cabinet decision to let thousands of Ethiopian immigrants with first-degree relatives in to Israel will remain in place until a decision is made

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 22:21:09 +02:00
Israeli court to hear appeals on Black Hebrews' expulsion case
The Black Hebrew Israelites' case will be heard at an appeals court within 30 days ■ Attorney says community is entitled to permanent resident status, despite Israel's claims otherwise

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 21:34:40 +02:00
Israel Police spied on individual in Netanyahu trial, report says
An inquiry team appointed by the Attorney General is currently investigating reports that police targeted activists and other Israelis with NSO's spyware. Police say they 'will cooperate fully' with the team

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 19:53:30 +02:00
The missed opportunity in Amnesty's Israeli apartheid report
By screaming apartheid indiscriminately, the Amnesty report fails to generate a real discussion about the fundamental problems of Palestinians living within and outside Israel's territory

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 19:31:29 +02:00
Israel offered aid to Lebanon army multiple times, Gantz says
The latest offer came amid a severe shortage in basic supplies in the Lebanese army, Gantz says during a conference in Tel Aviv. A senior Israeli official, however, denies the claims

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 19:21:56 +02:00
Uncovering the dark side of digital money
From hackers who exploit security breaches to fraud by the system’s operators, here are some of the risks of investing in the dazzling field of cryptocurrency. Whatever you do, don’t lose that key

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 19:02:09 +02:00
Israeli pensions are invested in risky overseas stocks. This is a big gamble
Israel’s investment houses have diverted much of their funds to U.S. stocks. If there is a change in the trend in tech stocks on Wall Street, Israeli pensions will be hard hit

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 17:24:57 +02:00
U.S. to send troops to east Europe to counter Russia
Some 2,000 American troops will be deployed to Poland and Germany, while around 1,000 troops now based in Germany will head to Romania

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 16:56:07 +02:00
Bullets, brutality and bulldozers: What Israeli apartheid is really like
A dead activist, a detained child, a demolished home: Just another day in Israel’s arrogant, immoral efforts to erase Palestinian identity, life and dignity

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 16:37:23 +02:00
FBI confirms it bought Israeli NSO spyware, but denies using it
'There was no operational use in support of any investigation,' the FBI says

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 16:32:25 +02:00
These Israeli guys want to be the biggest lenders in U.S. for small businesses
The Israeli fintech firm BlueVine has already issued $5 billion in loans to small businesses in the United States

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 16:20:37 +02:00
Ukraine crisis: Why do Ukrainians keep crossing the border to Russia?
Residents of the breakaway provinces travel to Ukraine to visit relatives, while Ukrainians go in the other direction to Russia

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 16:16:31 +02:00
Israel's Defense Minister Gantz lands in Bahrain for two-day visit
The trip marks the first time an Israeli defense minister visits Bahrain

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 15:44:40 +02:00
In Ukraine and beyond, Putin wants to create a new European order
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants a new order on the old continent, but the U.S. won’t allow it – and the Europeans are stuck in the middle, looking for American leadership and guidance from Biden

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 15:42:37 +02:00
An unlikely victim of Russia’s Ukraine border warmongering: Israeli tech
Up to 20,000 Ukrainians work for Israeli tech. As a possible Russian invasion looms, employers urge calm, say situation there is ‘reminiscent of Israel - from afar everything looks horrific’

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 14:48:09 +02:00
In last days in office, Israel's attorney general okayed settlement at illegal outpost
Once Evyatar is declared state-owned, which Defense Minister Benny Gantz has the power to do, there are 45 days in which objections can be filed

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 14:44:35 +02:00
Putin is a menace. But NATO was reckless on Ukraine
Vladimir Putin is a bully and a despot: Appeasing him overtly is certainly wrong. But Russia must be handled with cleverness and care and NATO, with its unnecessary overreach on Ukraine, failed to do so

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 13:37:46 +02:00
Hanging out in David Ben-Gurion's bedroom
Shenkar College students were tasked with recreating the textile design of the curtains at the David Ben-Gurion House Museum. They were aided by faded pictures and digital textile printing

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 13:17:01 +02:00
'We’ll burn hijabs': Hackers reportedly target Iran state TV streaming site
The website experienced technical issues as a video message circulated online claiming to be from a self-described group of hackers called 'The Justice of Ali' in Farsi

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 12:04:20 +02:00
Archaeologists discover missing link in human evolution, in Israel
A hominin died in Jordan Valley 1.5 million years ago – and isn’t the same species as the hominins who reached central Asia 1.8 million years ago. Israeli archaeologists prove there were multiple exits from Africa, and by more than one human spec...

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 11:26:26 +02:00
Israel sees steady decline in all omicron metrics
Serious COVID cases drop to 1,085 and R number falls to 0.91, potentially signaling that Israel's omicron wave is beginning to ebb

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 11:10:47 +02:00
Bill Maher v John Oliver – HBO’s next big heavyweight clash
The hosts of ‘Real Time’ and ‘Last Week Tonight’ increasingly represent two sides of the American left. Who will have the last laugh?

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 09:47:38 +02:00
A more infectious and puzzling omicron subvariant surges in Israel
COVID Experts have been hard-pressed with evaluating the risk of the BA.2 subvariant, stumped by why it has become dominant in some countries while failing to take off in others

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 09:07:42 +02:00
Ministry rules out possible oil spill off Israel's coast
The Environmental Protection Ministry says there is no indication of an oil spill after vessels and forces enlisted in the investigation have been recalled

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 07:11:49 +02:00
Congregation facing eviction from oldest synagogue in U.S.
New York-based congregation files motion in state Superior Court to take control of Touro Synagogue by removing its current tenants as part of an ongoing legal feud

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 07:10:32 +02:00
Whoopi Goldberg suspended from ABC over Holocaust race remarks
Goldberg's suspension comes a day after a comment during a discussion on 'The View' that the Holocaust 'was not about race'

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 07:05:15 +02:00
‘Just Jewish’: Most European Jews don’t belong to any denomination, new study reveals
Research among 12 communities also finds that European Jews are more likely to see themselves as a religious minority than an ethnic one, even if they're nonobservant

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 06:00:17 +02:00
Israeli ministers to join virtual regional climate change summit
Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Greece, Qatar and UAE have confirmed attendance in the conference to combat climate change, organized by Cyprus; Iraq, Lebanon, Syria are possible holdouts

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 05:59:56 +02:00
Israeli officials fear UN will adopt 'apartheid' narrative this year
Officials fear that the term 'apartheid' will become prevalent enough to become accepted by several UN investigative bodies, and could lead to Israel's exclusion from international events

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 04:43:47 +02:00
Time to do away with the Netzah Yehuda battalion

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 04:23:03 +02:00
The culture of the occupation is a hothouse for inhumanity

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 04:18:53 +02:00
For most Israelis, including Bennett, occupation is legitimate if it's polite

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 04:11:41 +02:00
Shas eyes hiring party leader Dery as Knesset staffer to restore parliament access
Arye Dery, who had spent time in jail in a prior case, recently resigned from the Knesset as part of a plea bargain on tax evasion charges

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 04:08:51 +02:00
January's omicron wave shows just how much has changed in Israel
While the rate of positive COVID tests broke records due to omicron, a comparison with January 2021 shows that the profile of the pandemic in Israel goes far beyond statistics

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 03:36:37 +02:00
Israel's army chief failed the test

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 03:29:28 +02:00
Senate schedules hearing for Biden's antisemitism envoy after months of delay
Jewish organization heads welcomed the news of Deborah Lipstadt's hearing after heightened concern following the Colleyville, Texas synagogue attack and other antisemitic incidents

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 03:23:15 +02:00
Haaretz Cartoon

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 02:18:42 +02:00
‘Spines on posts’ in 16th-century Peru may stem from Conquistador looting
Vertebrae from robbed burials, strung together on reeds in the Chincha Valley may have been put together by people picking up the pieces of their ancestors

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 23:51:18 +02:00
Military court convicts Hamas cell leader of Israeli soldier's murder in 2019
The Israeli court accepted the prosecution's argument that Ahmad Asafra should be convicted of murder despite not being at the scene of the attack, nor being the person to actually stab 19-year-old Dvir Sorek

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 23:20:05 +02:00
Leaving office, Israel's AG stresses 'unprecedented challenges' to rule of law
In a farewell ceremony, Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar tells outgoing Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit, ‘You stood for truth in face of unprecedented attacks on your authority’

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 23:02:57 +02:00
U.S. calls for 'full accountability' for Palestinian-American's death, despite Israeli army's probe
Palestinian Authority PM Mohammad Shtayyeh decries the Israeli army's investigation as a 'sham,' as 80-year-old Omar Abdalmajeed As’ad's family continues to call for an independent inquiry

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 22:22:02 +02:00
U.S. State Department rejects Amnesty's apartheid claim against Israel
'The Jewish people must not be denied their right to self-determination, and we must ensure there isn't a double standard being applied,' says U.S. State Department spokesman following Amnesty International report

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 21:20:50 +02:00
Adelson's paper is no longer backing Netanyahu. Who will it champion next?
It is far from certain that Miriam Adelson has selected Bennett as her new favorite, but it's clear that she intends to have one

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 20:35:06 +02:00
Human rights groups slam Israel’s move on Palestinian family reunification
Israel's Interior Ministry decided to take applications from Palestinians married to Israeli citizens aged 50 or over, but rights groups say that the partial and belated move does not guarantee the applications will be processed

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 20:15:59 +02:00
Yeshiva teacher sentenced to 16 months for sexually assaulting student
Elad Melamed, who taught mathematics in a school in central Israel, committed the various offenses while on the job

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 19:37:52 +02:00
Bennett announces laser-based missile defense system 'within a year'
Israel's prime minister also expressed hopes that talks between world powers and Iran over its nuclear program would end without an agreement

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 19:05:18 +02:00
‘This should terrify every American’: NSO ‘offered bags of cash’ for access to global cellular networks
U.S. whistleblower reveals 2017 meeting between Israeli spyware firm NSO and a telecoms firm in which cash was allegedly offered in exchange for access to an easily exploitable mobile network; NSO denies the claims

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 19:00:30 +02:00
In death of elderly Palestinian, the Israeli army ignores the elephant in the room
The Netzah Yehuda Battalion, whose troops left an 80-year-old man to die in the cold, has a concerning past and extremist ideology – and something in common with the friendly-fire incident that took two Israeli officers' lives

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 16:56:44 +02:00
Nothing will erase this tragedy, but the Cyprus gang rape case must be reopened

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:52:56 +02:00
Israel says Pelosi to visit in two weeks
The House speaker is planned to be in Israel at a time when negotiations will be taking place in the U.S. to prevent a government shutdown

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:35:03 +02:00
Why Israel almost had to shut down its embassy in Kyiv
In the midst of the Ukraine crisis, workers at the local Israeli embassy threatened to shut it down over a hazard pay dispute. Israel's Foreign Ministry eventually reached a last-minute compromise with them

Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:13:55 +02:00
In first, Israel Police admit misuse of NSO spyware
Police say new information 'changes in some ways' an earlier statement that ruled out any wrongdoing in using Pegasus to target Israelis



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